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shield.ai • HQ: San Diego, United States • 1001-5000 employees • Founded 2015
HQ: San Diego, United States • 1001-5000 employees • Founded 2015
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What jobs is Shield AI hiring for right now?

As of Sep 10, 2026, Shield AI has 243 open jobs on Alion. 190 of them state a salary (79%). They are posted in 10 cities. 22 allow remote or hybrid work.

Source: Alion Coverage: open vacancies from the employer's own careers board Sep 9, 2026
Open jobs
243
With salary
190 (79%)
Cities
10
Posted in 30 days
75
Median age
50 days

What Shield AI posted in the last two weeks

Posted in 14 days
58
Busiest day
14 Sep 8, 2026
Days with postings
9 / 14
Aug 27, 2026: 5 posted Aug 28, 2026: 0 posted Aug 29, 2026: 0 posted Aug 30, 2026: 0 posted Aug 31, 2026: 1 posted Sep 1, 2026: 6 posted Sep 2, 2026: 9 posted Sep 3, 2026: 6 posted Sep 4, 2026: 5 posted Sep 5, 2026: 1 posted Sep 6, 2026: 0 posted Sep 7, 2026: 0 posted Sep 8, 2026: 14 posted Sep 9, 2026: 11 posted
Aug 27, 2026 weekend Sep 9, 2026

Which roles Shield AI is hiring for

222 Jobs
Backend 114 51.4%
Hardware 27 12.2%
QA 25 11.3%
Product 23 10.4%
DevOps 14 6.3%
Other roles 19 8.6%

Where Shield AI is hiring

Shield AI hires from 28 offices across 19 countries, holding 430 of its open vacancies between them.

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How the work at Shield AI is set up

Work format
In office 217 91%
Remote/Hybrid 13 5%
Remote 9 4%
Level
Staff+ 136 58%
Senior 66 28%
Lead 14 6%
Middle 6 3%
Junior 6 3%
Executive 6 3%
Intern 1 0%
Employment
Full-Time 193 99%
Internship 2 1%

Salaries in Shield AI vacancies

190 of 243 vacancies state a salary (79%). The range below is built from those 190 stated figures only, never from an estimate.

Lower quartile
$200k
Median
$240k
Upper quartile
$293k
$170k$340k

Open vacancies at Shield AI

$190k – $280k per year • In office • Top Secret • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Washington
Python
MATLAB
CI/CD
HPC
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$144k – $210k per year • In office • Top Secret • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Diego
SolidWorks
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$141k – $212k per year • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 7+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Diego
Python
Go
Terraform
Ansible
Helm
VMWare
Azure
CI/CD
GitOps
AWS
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Configuration Management
KVM
Hyper-V
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$140k – $211k per year • In office • Full-Time • 6+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Mateo
Python
Terraform
Ansible
VMWare
Azure
AWS
Configuration Management
Cybersecurity
Zscaler
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≈ $117k – $224k per year (Estimated) • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • London
Python
C++
Platform Engineering
Apply
≈ $63k – $131k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Lviv
Smartsheet
Microsoft Project
Outlook
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≈ $63k – $131k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Kyiv
Smartsheet
Microsoft Project
Outlook
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$110k – $210k per year • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Seattle
Azure
AWS
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≈ $98k – $196k per year (Estimated) • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • London
CI/CD
Git
SRE
Platform Engineering
Configuration Management
GitHub
GitLab
Cybersecurity
ModSecurity
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$96k – $170k per year • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • San Diego
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Questions about jobs at Shield AI

Is Shield AI hiring right now?

Yes. As of Sep 10, 2026, Shield AI has 243 open jobs on Alion.

What roles does Shield AI hire for?

Shield AI is hiring mostly for Backend, Hardware, QA. The largest group is Backend with 114 open vacancies.

How much does Shield AI pay?

79% of vacancies at Shield AI state a salary. Across those 190 stated figures the range runs from $200k to $293k, with a median of $240k.

Where does Shield AI hire?

Shield AI has open vacancies in 10 places, most of all in Dallas, Seattle, Washington. It keeps 28 offices with open roles, spread across 19 countries. Shield AI is run from San Diego.

Does Shield AI offer remote work?

Yes. 22 of the open vacancies at Shield AI allow remote or hybrid work, which is 9% of the board.

How long have Shield AI vacancies been open?

Half have been on Alion for 50 days or less. 83 vacancies at Shield AI have been listed for more than 90 days, and postings of that age are far more often out of date.

How do you apply to Shield AI?

Shield AI accepts applications through Lever, so the form opens on that system rather than on Alion.

How to cite this page

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